Lemon 64 and Lemon Amiga sites down after being attacked

[1024MAK]

Unfortunately another community has been subjected to an attack. Both Lemon 64 (for Commodore 64 machines) and Lemon Amiga are down.

On the Spectrum Computing forum, PROSM says:

According to lifeschool over on the English Amiga Board, both Lemon sites have been hacked:

SQL injection, LA and L64 sites compromised. The hackers want money to reveal how they did it.

It may take some time to secure the site, but Kim says it can be done given some time.

This is an increasing problem, so I hope eab is secure?

Mark

[Gryzor]

Damn

[BSC]

SQL injection, LA and L64 sites compromised. The hackers want money to reveal how they did it.

What a filthy bunch of motherf*ers 

[eto]

Scary...

Do we have a regular backup for this site? WIki and board?

[Gryzor]

Scary...

Do we have a regular backup for this site? WIki and board?

Yes. If anyone has any ideas for a contingency plan do contact me.

[vasilisk]

why on earth someone do this for amiga/commodore stuff? 

[cwpab]

Current message on the website:

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 Dear Lemon visitor,

We are deeply saddened to inform you that our beloved retro computing hobby project, which has been a labor of love for over 20 years, has been attacked. Unauthorized individuals have accessed our database.

What Happened:

• Our website suffered a security breach, and our database was accessed without permission.
• We are currently investigating the breach and working to secure our systems with the help of voluntary cybersecurity experts.

Our Response:

• We are doing everything we can to understand how this happened and to prevent it from happening again.
• The authorities have been notified, and we are working to strengthen our security measures.

The passwords in phpBB3.3 use an exceptionally strong and secure method of encryption. This means that your password cannot be decrypted. Regardless of this, we recommend that you change your password once the site is up and running.

We are truly sorry for any inconvenience or worry this may cause. This community means the world to us and we are totally committed to fixing this. Thank you for your understanding and patience as we work through this.

With a heavy heart,
The Lemoners Team

[Gryzor]

Current message on the website:

Dear Lemon visitor,

We are deeply saddened to inform you that our beloved retro computing hobby project, which has been a labor of love for over 20 years, has been attacked. Unauthorized individuals have accessed our database.



What Happened:

• Our website suffered a security breach, and our database was accessed without permission.
• We are currently investigating the breach and working to secure our systems with the help of voluntary cybersecurity experts.

Our Response:

• We are doing everything we can to understand how this happened and to prevent it from happening again.
• The authorities have been notified, and we are working to strengthen our security measures.

The passwords in phpBB3.3 use an exceptionally strong and secure method of encryption. This means that your password cannot be decrypted. Regardless of this, we recommend that you change your password once the site is up and running.


We are truly sorry for any inconvenience or worry this may cause. This community means the world to us and we are totally committed to fixing this. Thank you for your understanding and patience as we work through this.



With a heavy heart,
The Lemoners Team

Edited for readability


... Or not, you changed it back to unreadable? 😁

Fixed it again

[cwpab]

It looks like it's back! I'm glad for them, they're nice guys even if they chose the wrong system. 

[Gryzor]

Ah good for them, that was quick!